How Ready Are You?

Feck ... @Snowy ... time flies. I remember when you did your knee!

Me, in London, I am well stocked with torches and tinned food but outages are so rare that they only happen about every five years or so, and then only for a little while. As luck would have it, one DID happen when @Freetofly was staying over with me so we engaged serious post-apocalyptic survivalist mode, lit some candles and thought about phoning for a carry out. Actually, cooked as normal, because my cooker is gas.

However, torches and very warm clothes I keep, so zero light and heat will not be a big problem.

 

I've got some water bottles, protein bars (I need to pick up some emergency cans), flashlights, an axe, and my trusty sword. I also have a pet scorpion, and they're surprisingly aerodynamic so that pretty much takes care of attackers. I also have a pretty useful gas mask and some ultra-strong sunglasses that are everything but bullet-proof. Oh, and a fire extinguisher. Strangely enough, I don't think the cold's going to be a problem here in Southern California, since our crisis is having the temperature in the early 50's during the morning. I had first-aid training, but that was a while ago. I don't know how useful I'd be now, even with my handy first-aid kit. I guess I would do alright during an emergency, as long as I wasn't trapped in my house for too long.

 

As Zen says, the issue in urban England isn't really the same, but being a Scout, and now a Scout Leader, I have the gear ready, but not generally the food. Having grown up in the Seventies when unions caused regular power cuts, I've never lost the habbit of assuming it might happen, and have candles and fuel for camping cookers always.

 

Other than the skills I carry in my head, I am not prepared for anything.

We are doomed.

 

I have some gear and food, but not enough to survive if society collapses.

 

A bit north of Snowy. We wound up with over a foot of snow. No school since Thursday, and not tomorrow either. My dining room table is filled with all I own of: candles, lighters/matches, flashlights, batteries, LED light strip, 2 Lite Brites (they are LED now!), gloves, hats, scarves, can opener, staples (looking for staple gun), duck tape, exacto knives, plastic sheeting, canned foods. All electronic devices (phone, laptop, etc) are to remain 100% charged until further notice, per my orders.
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Forgot to mention. PLENTY of zip lock bags in case pipes freeze and plumbing stops.

 

We have way too much food on hand.
Gallons and gallons of water. All our camping gear and propane for camping stove and for our outdoor grill.
I am too much of a wimp to do emergency first aid but we have a couple kits. We always keep spare batteries/have a flashlight for every room. Have large candles in most every room with their own lighters. We lose power every now and again and I'm not fond of the dark.
Basically, since my parents went through WWII as children they instilled in me the tendency to "be prepared." I'm sort of maniacal about being well-stocked.

If it's the end of the world then so be it otherwise, I'm prepared for a week and I have vast numbers of family members by marriage to call upon, a brother outside of Chicago and my dad on the east coast. Maybe I'd just go hide out at Maple Lake if it were an extended thing.

***Also always, three sizes of ziploc bags.

 

I'll live. If I run out of food in my pantry there's plenty of walking meat handy.... ( think Donner party ). Just kidding, I usually have several days worth of beverages and some food hanging around. I also live upstairs from a grocery store, so if I hear about bad weather coming I can stock up.

 

A high air intake

UK weather: Shocking aerial images show wide-scale flooding of Thames commuter belt homes | Mail Online

 

We are not as prepared as we'd like to be, but I think we've got a pretty good start.

The emergency kit in the pantry has matches in a waterproof container with a small strip of sandpaper; emergency candles; water purification tablets; a basic first aid kit; a battery operated lantern with extra batteries; a compass/whistle combo; a flashlight; a folding knife; a mylar blanket; some dryer lint; hand sanitizer; a manual can opener; sunblock; some extra dog food; and it seems like a few other things that I'm forgetting about right now. There's also 3 gallons of distilled water and various canned goods.

The ultimate goal is to have a complete kit/bag at work, in each of our cars, and a couple packs for the dogs as well. The next big purchase is a camp stove.

 

I guess we might be ready, but it's really unintentional. We go camping a lot in the summer and have an assortment of supplies stored in our basement. I want to eventually get one of those hand crank radios, too. As well, our cars have some stuff packed in the trunk. Being stuck in the ditch in the middle of nowhere during winter is a really dangerous possibility out here.

 

I have a coffee pot that uses a butane burner and a spare can of butane on hand. I'm good.

 

Greeting all, my name is Jammes.

 

If the shit hits the fan at noon, I'ma be gnawing on a humerus at noonteen.

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I have some hurricane candles, a couple of battery-powered lanterns, a wind-up flashlight, and will have a crank weather radio soonish.
We have a few dozen cans of food, but not enough water.
What medical supplies we have are leftover ones from various injuries and ailments over the years, so we're not really prepared there.
We don't have any firearms any more, so knives it is! Come at me, bro!!
Oh yeah, I do have a samurai sword, so watch your head.